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Len McCluskey, the general secretary of Unite, told the union’s national conference that staying silent on the EU left the field open for Ukip and others to “exploit” people’s concerns to win votesReuters

Unite, Labour’s largest donor, became the first big trade union to back David
Cameron’s pledge to hold an EU referendum yesterday.

Ed Miliband’s refusal to guarantee the public a vote on Britain’s membership
of the EU would be an “electoral millstone” around the party’s neck, Unite
said, as it passed supporting the referendum at its annual conference.

The move came as firefighters voted yesterday to join a one-day strike by
public sector workers next week in a series of pay disputes with the
government. Members of the Fire Brigades Union in England and Wales will
join more than a million